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# Keymap
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Keymap is a searchable, theme-aware shortcut viewer and editor for Noctalia.
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It supports Hyprland's native Lua configuration, Niri, and MangoWC, follows
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split configuration files, and preserves user-defined categories.
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## Features
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- Reads the active compositor automatically, with a manual override for custom
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sessions and test setups.
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- Searches shortcut descriptions, combinations, categories, actions, commands,
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and MangoWC key modes.
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- Renders ANSI 100%, 96%, 80% (TKL), 75%, 65%, and 60% keyboards.
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- Shows whether a physical key is free, occupied on the selected modifier
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layer, or used by another combination.
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- Creates press and release shortcuts where the compositor supports them.
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- Browses Noctalia IPC commands and native actions for the active compositor,
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with source, category, readiness, and text filters.
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- Includes a searchable library of Noctalia commands and native compositor
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actions, while retaining free-form custom shell commands.
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- Edits supported combinations, descriptions, commands, trigger modes, and
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categories directly above the shortcut list.
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- Reorders shortcuts and moves them between categories with drag and drop.
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- Renames categories and can hide, restore, or permanently delete shortcuts.
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- Uses Noctalia theme roles by default and accepts custom colors for cards,
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headings, modifier pills, keys, and text.
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- Validates and reloads configuration changes, with guarded rollback on
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failure.
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## Plugin
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| Type | ID |
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| --- | --- |
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| Bar widget | `widget` |
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| Panel | `panel` |
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| Hyprland service | `service` |
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| Niri service | `niri-service` |
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| MangoWC service | `mangowc-service` |
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| Configuration writer | `writer-service` |
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The complete plugin ID is `blackbartblues/keymap`.
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## Requirements
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- Noctalia v5 with plugin API 5.
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- Hyprland with its native Lua configuration API, Niri, or MangoWC.
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- The command-line tools for the selected compositor, plus `xdg-open` for the
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optional configuration-folder action: Hyprland uses `hyprctl` and
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`Hyprland`; Niri uses `niri`; MangoWC uses `mango` and `mmsg`.
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Classic Hyprland `.conf` keybinds are intentionally unsupported. Hyprland is
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moving to its native Lua configuration API, which is the only Hyprland format
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Keymap reads and writes.
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For read-only use, Niri and MangoWC are parsed without spawning their IPC
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tools. The validator and reload commands are used only after an explicit edit.
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The folder button uses `xdg-open` to open the directory containing the active
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configuration file.
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## Usage
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Add the `widget` entry to a Noctalia bar and click it, or open the panel through
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IPC:
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```sh
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noctalia msg panel-toggle blackbartblues/keymap:panel
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```
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The header provides keyboard and list views, the shortcut creator, the
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existing-shortcut editor, refresh, configuration-folder, settings, and close
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actions.
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The settings button opens `Settings -> Plugins`. Select the gear beside
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Keymap to edit its compositor, paths, keyboard size, columns, and colors.
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## Configuration discovery
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An existing path entered in Keymap settings always wins. If that path does not
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exist, Keymap searches safe, compositor-specific locations:
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- Hyprland: `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/hypr/hyprland.lua`, `init.lua`, and
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`/etc/xdg/hypr/hyprland.lua`, followed by a scored scan of top-level `.lua`
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files in the Hyprland configuration directory.
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- Niri: `$NIRI_CONFIG`, `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/niri/config.kdl`, followed by a
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scored scan of top-level `.kdl` files in the Niri configuration directory.
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- MangoWC: `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/mango/config.conf`, `/etc/mango/config.conf`,
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followed by a scored scan of top-level `.conf` files in the MangoWC
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configuration directory.
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The generated `keymap.lua`, `keymap.kdl`, and `keymap.conf` files and files
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whose names contain `backup` are excluded from automatic discovery. If no
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usable shortcut file is found, the panel points to settings so the correct path
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can be entered manually.
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## Browsing shortcuts
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In keyboard view, enable an exact Super, Ctrl, Shift, and Alt layer. Occupied
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keys open the shortcuts assigned to that combination; unoccupied keys can be
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sent directly to the creator. Change the physical layout from the keyboard
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size selector while editing shortcuts, or set its default in plugin settings.
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In list view, type into the search box to filter the complete category tree.
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Sequential shortcuts such as workspaces 1 through 9 can optionally be folded
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into a single row.
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The example configurations below demonstrate the same feature set without
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reading or modifying a personal setup:
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## Creating shortcuts
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Select **New shortcut**, choose modifiers and a key, select an existing or new
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category, then enter a description and command. The keyboard view can fill the
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combination by clicking a physical key.
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Select **Commands** beside the command field to open the known-command
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library. It contains every command exposed by Noctalia's IPC help plus the
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native Hyprland Lua, Niri KDL, or MangoWC actions for the active compositor.
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Filter by source, category, whether an action still needs arguments, or free
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text. Selecting an entry fills the command field; replace every
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`{{placeholder}}` with a compositor-valid value before saving. **Custom
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command** returns to an unrestricted shell command, so the library never
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removes the option to type a command manually.
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Native actions are offered while creating a shortcut. In the editor, the
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library offers Noctalia shell commands only: converting an existing shell bind
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to a different native syntax cannot be rewritten safely across all supported
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source forms.
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Hyprland supports multi-key sequences such as `Super + C + V`. Niri and
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MangoWC accept one ordinary key in this writer. Niri exposes press activation;
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Hyprland and MangoWC expose press and release activation.
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### Command library
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Select **Command library** beside the command field to browse 362 known
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commands and native actions:
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| Source | Entries | Verified from |
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| --- | ---: | --- |
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| Noctalia | 98 | Runtime `noctalia msg --help` output |
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| Hyprland | 51 | Native `hl.dsp.*` dispatcher bindings from Hyprland 0.56.0 |
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| Niri | 135 | Configurable KDL actions from Niri 26.04 |
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| MangoWC | 78 | Current parser dispatchers and official keybinding documentation |
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Search by action, syntax, source, or category. Source, category, and readiness
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filters can narrow the results. **Ready** entries can be inserted directly;
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**Needs input** entries contain visible `{{argument}}` placeholders that must
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be replaced before saving. Selecting **Custom command** returns to a normal
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shell command without restricting it to the catalog.
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Noctalia entries are saved as shell commands. When creating a shortcut,
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compositor entries are emitted as native Hyprland Lua, Niri KDL, or MangoWC
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actions rather than wrappers around an IPC command. The writer checks the
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selected entry ID, compositor, source, and completed template again before it
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touches a file. Existing native actions remain preserved but are not converted
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to another native catalog action by the editor.
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The first created shortcut adds one marked include to the configured root and
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creates a sibling managed file:
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| Compositor | Managed file | Marked include |
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| Hyprland | `keymap.lua` | `require("keymap")` |
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| Niri | `keymap.kdl` | `include "keymap.kdl"` |
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| MangoWC | `keymap.conf` | `source=./keymap.conf` |
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## Editing and organizing
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Select **Edit shortcuts** to expose actions on writable rows. The pencil opens
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the inline editor above the category cards. The eye-slash action hides a
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shortcut without losing its original text, and the trash action permanently
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deletes it after confirmation. Hidden shortcuts remain available in the
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editor's recovery section, where they can be restored or deleted.
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Drag a row handle to another position in the same category or into another
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category. The same move can be performed with the Category field in the inline
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editor. Select the pencil in a category heading to rename that category.
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Native compositor actions remain intact. Fields that cannot be rewritten
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safely are disabled instead of being guessed. Generated, ranged, or otherwise
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read-only entries are visibly locked.
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Before every create, update, move, reorder, category rename, hide, restore, or
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delete operation, Keymap verifies that the source still matches the parsed
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snapshot and refuses symbolic-link targets. Writes use a temporary sibling and
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atomic rename. The candidate is then checked with the compositor's native
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validator and reloaded:
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| Compositor | Validator | Reload |
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| --- | --- | --- |
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| Hyprland | `Hyprland --verify-config -c <file>` | `hyprctl reload` |
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| Niri | `niri validate -c <file>` | `niri msg action load-config-file` |
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| MangoWC | `mango -c <file> -p` | `mmsg dispatch reload_config` |
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If validation or reload fails, Keymap attempts to restore each file it changed.
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After a reload failure, it also attempts to reload the restored configuration.
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Rollback or recovery-reload failures are reported explicitly. A source that
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changes after parsing is never overwritten; the operation stops and asks the
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user to refresh instead.
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## Categories and source formats
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### Hyprland Lua
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Place numbered headings before groups of native Lua bindings:
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```lua
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-- 1. Applications
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hl.bind("SUPER + RETURN", hl.dsp.exec_cmd("foot"), { description = "Open terminal" })
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```
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Local modules loaded with `require` are scanned recursively. Literal
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descriptions and literal prefixes such as `description = "Workspace " .. i`
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are matched against the live bind registry. The live registry remains
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authoritative; the Lua files supply source locations, editable snippets, and
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category order.
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Hyprland versions whose `hyprctl binds -j` output cannot be decoded are handled
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automatically through the complete plain-text `hyprctl binds` fallback.
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### Niri
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Category comments live inside `binds {}` blocks:
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```kdl
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binds {
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// #"Applications"
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Mod+Return hotkey-overlay-title="Open terminal" { spawn-sh "foot"; }
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}
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```
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Positional `include` nodes, optional includes, later overrides, disabled `/-`
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nodes, custom overlay titles, and native actions are supported. Because Niri
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does not expose an effective bind registry through IPC, its configuration tree
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is the source of truth.
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### MangoWC
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Category comments and optional descriptions use the following form:
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```ini
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# Applications
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bind=SUPER,Return,spawn_shell,foot #"Open terminal"
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```
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Keymap supports `bind` with `l/s/r/p` flags, `axisbind`, `mousebind`,
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`gesturebind`, `switchbind`, `keymode`, `source`, and `source-optional`.
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MangoWC's configuration tree is the source of truth.
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Complete, non-loaded examples are included in the repository:
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- [`examples/hyprland.lua`](examples/hyprland.lua) — 40 shortcuts and a config
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that passes `Hyprland --verify-config`.
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- [`examples/niri.kdl`](examples/niri.kdl) — 39 shortcuts and a config that
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passes `niri validate`.
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- [`examples/mangowc.conf`](examples/mangowc.conf) — 40 shortcuts.
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They cover applications, window management, workspaces, screenshots, Noctalia,
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media controls, utilities, release triggers, wheel bindings, and compositor
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native actions. They are documentation and test fixtures; Keymap never loads
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them automatically.
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## Settings
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| Setting | Default | Purpose |
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| `compositor` | `auto` | Detect the session or force Hyprland, Niri, or MangoWC. |
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| `hyprland_config` | `~/.config/hypr/hyprland.lua` | Hyprland native Lua root. |
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| `niri_config` | `~/.config/niri/config.kdl` | Niri KDL root. |
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| `mangowc_config` | `~/.config/mango/config.conf` | MangoWC config root. |
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| `merge_sequential` | `true` | Fold related numbered shortcuts into one row. |
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| `show_undescribed` | `true` | Show Hyprland binds without descriptions. |
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| `keyboard_layout` | `100` | Default 100%, 96%, 80%, 75%, 65%, or 60% view. |
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| `columns` | `3` | One to four balanced category columns. |
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| `card_color` / `card_opacity` | `surface_variant` / `35` | Card background role or custom color and opacity. |
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| `category_color` | `primary` | Category heading role or custom color. |
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| `description_color` | `on_surface` | Description role or custom color. |
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| modifier color pairs | Noctalia theme roles | Background and text for Super, Ctrl, Shift, and Alt. |
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| `key_color` / `key_text_color` | `surface` / `on_surface` | Ordinary key background and text. |
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| widget `glyph` / `show_label` | `keyboard` / `false` | Bar appearance. |
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Theme-role values follow Noctalia palette changes automatically. Every color
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setting also accepts a custom color.
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## IPC
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Request an immediate refresh from the service for the active compositor:
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```sh
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# Hyprland
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noctalia msg plugin blackbartblues/keymap:service all refresh
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# Niri
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noctalia msg plugin blackbartblues/keymap:niri-service all refresh
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# MangoWC
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noctalia msg plugin blackbartblues/keymap:mangowc-service all refresh
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```
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The panel accepts `view-keyboard`, `view-list`, `creator-open`,
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`creator-cancel`, `editor-open`, `editor-bind <bind-id>`, `clear-modifiers`,
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`keyboard-key <key>`, and `keyboard-layout <layout>` events. For example:
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```sh
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noctalia msg plugin blackbartblues/keymap:panel all keyboard-layout 75
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```
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Valid layout payloads are `100`, `96`, `80`, `75`, `65`, and `60`.
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## Safety and limits
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- Keymap makes no network requests and never executes commands stored inside
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shortcuts; it only passes explicitly saved configuration text to the active
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compositor.
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- Configuration traversal is cycle-safe and limited to 64 files of up to
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512 KiB each. Root files accepted for writing are limited to 2 MiB.
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- Required missing Niri includes and MangoWC sources stop parsing rather than
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silently presenting an incomplete list. Optional sources and non-fatal
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parser issues are shown as warnings.
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- All interface prose and settings metadata use Noctalia's translation API.
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Physical key legends and standard modifier names remain technical labels.
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The shipped English catalog is the source language for Weblate.
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## Tests
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From the `keymap` directory:
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```sh
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for test_file in tests/*.lua; do lua "$test_file"; done
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python tests/command_library_test.py
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python tests/i18n_test.py
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Hyprland --verify-config -c examples/hyprland.lua
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niri validate -c examples/niri.kdl
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```
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The suite covers category markers, hidden-block recovery, Hyprland command
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parsing and text fallback, all keyboard layouts, create/update/write rollback,
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the three example configurations, command-library integrity and native action
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creation, short DnD identifiers, automatic path discovery, and translation-key
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coverage.
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## License
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MIT.
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